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'''Rick Adams''' is a CoCo programmer who also wrote articles for [[Publications#Newstand|CoCo magazines]].  In ''[[The Rainbow]]'', his blurb bio was "a systems programmer for a company that develops 68000-based systems software."
'''Rick Adams''' is a programmer (now retired) who also wrote articles for [[Publications#Newstand|CoCo magazines]].  In ''[[The Rainbow]]'', his blurb bio was "a systems programmer for a company that develops 68000-based systems software."
 
He founded [[Color Central Software]].
 
Adams was the keynote speaker for Chicago RAINBOWfest 1989's traditional Community Breakfast.[https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1989-03/page/n49/mode/2up?q=%22Rick+Adams%22][https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1989-09/page/n75/mode/2up]


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
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! Program Name             !! Genre  !! Year !! Media Type  !! Publisher                           
! Program Name !! Catalog # !! Genre  !! Year !! Media Type  !! Publisher                           
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|-                                                             
| [[Temple of ROM]]  ||  Game || 198 || Cartridge || Radio Shack                                                  
| [[Temple of ROM]]  || ||  Game || 1982 || [[Program Pak]] || Radio Shack
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| [[Rickeyterm]] || ||  Communications || 1987 || Disk || [[Spectrum Projects]]
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| [[Shanghai]] ||  || Game || || [[Program Pak]] || Activision, Tandy 
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| [[GameTerm]] ||  || Communications || 1989 ||  || DELPHI [https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Magazines/Rainbow,%20The/The%20Rainbow%20Vol.%2008%20No.%2012%20-%20July%201989.pdf]
   
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| [[DELPHIterm]] ||  || Communications || ||  || DELPHI                                             
|}
|}


== Articles ==
== Articles ==


Adams often collaborated with [[Dale Lear]] with magazine submissions.  As he explained in an interview, Lear would most often write the program (if it were one), and Adams would revise and fix it, then write the article.
Adams often collaborated with [[Dale Lear]] with magazine submissions.  As Adams explained in an interview, Lear would most often write the program (if it were one), and Adams would revise and fix it, then write the article.


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| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1986-10/page/n38/mode/2up The Power of the Palette: Graphics on the Color Computer 3]|| ''Rainbow Tunnel'' and ''Wagon Wheel'' || CoCo 3 Demos || [[Dale Lear]] || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || October || 1986 || style="text-align:right;"|37
| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1986-10/page/n38/mode/2up The Power of the Palette: Graphics on the Color Computer 3]|| ''Rainbow Tunnel'' and ''Wagon Wheel'' || CoCo 3 Demos || [[Dale Lear]] || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || October || 1986 || style="text-align:right;"|37
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| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1987-01/page/n19/mode/2up Color Chart for the CoCo 3] || ''Color Computer 3 Color Chart''|| CoCo 3 Demo || [[Dale Lear]] || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || January || 1987 || style="text-align:right;"|20
| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1987-01/page/n19/mode/2up Color Chart for the CoCo 3] || ''Color Computer 3 Color Chart''|| CoCo 3 Demo || [[Dale Lear]] || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || January || 1987 || style="text-align:right;"|20
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| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1987-06/page/n155/mode/2up Exploring Level II's New Features From BASIC09] || [[Multi-Vue]] pointer icons ||  ||  || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || June || 1987 || style="text-align:right;"|155
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| [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1989-03/page/n13/mode/2up GIME Power] ||  || The [[GIME]] chip ||  || ''[[The Rainbow]]'' || March || 1989 || style="text-align:right;"|14
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Rick Adams is a programmer (now retired) who also wrote articles for CoCo magazines. In The Rainbow, his blurb bio was "a systems programmer for a company that develops 68000-based systems software."

He founded Color Central Software.

Adams was the keynote speaker for Chicago RAINBOWfest 1989's traditional Community Breakfast.[1][2]

Programs

Program Name Catalog # Genre Year Media Type Publisher
Temple of ROM Game 1982 Program Pak Radio Shack
Rickeyterm Communications 1987 Disk Spectrum Projects
Shanghai Game Program Pak Activision, Tandy
GameTerm Communications 1989 DELPHI [3]
DELPHIterm Communications DELPHI

Articles

Adams often collaborated with Dale Lear with magazine submissions. As Adams explained in an interview, Lear would most often write the program (if it were one), and Adams would revise and fix it, then write the article.

Article Program Topic/Program Genre Co-Author Magazine Month Year Page
The Power of the Palette: Graphics on the Color Computer 3 Rainbow Tunnel and Wagon Wheel CoCo 3 Demos Dale Lear The Rainbow October 1986 37
Coming to 'Terms' with the CoCo 3 Term 3 Terminal Dale Lear The Rainbow November 1986 93
Color Chart for the CoCo 3 Color Computer 3 Color Chart CoCo 3 Demo Dale Lear The Rainbow January 1987 20
Exploring Level II's New Features From BASIC09 Multi-Vue pointer icons The Rainbow June 1987 155
GIME Power The GIME chip The Rainbow March 1989 14

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